“英语词汇学习丛书”由美国知名的教材教辅图书出版社Townsend Press出版，是美国大学生使用最为广泛的扩大词汇量的教学辅导图书之一正如本丛书的编者所指出的那样，在美国一个学生的前途在某种程度上取决于他／她的词汇量的大小对于我国广大的英语学习者来说，词汇学习当然也是英语学习的一个重要方面。“英语词汇学习丛书”共有6册每册介绍240-300个在TOEFL、GRE、SAT等考试中经常出现的单词本丛书的特点是提供地道的例句，让单词在多个语境中反复出现，通过例证、同义、反义、类比等关系来界定词义，使学生自然而然习得单词，与传统的死记硬背方法有着极大的不同，此外，书中部分练习题的题型与TOEFL、GRE、SAT等考试题型相似，对有志于出国留学的学生熟悉题型也有一定的帮助。
尼斯特、莫尔编著的《英语词汇扩展(第2版)/英语词汇学习丛书》为本丛书的第四册，适合我国高校英语专业高年级（TEM4）水平的学生使用，也可以用作TOEFL培训高级阶段和GRE培训初级阶段的辅助教材。

前言
导读
Pretest of the Whole Book
UNIT 0NE
Unit One Pretest
Chapter 1 Joseph Palmer
Chapter 2 Telephone Salespeople
Chapter 3 A Cruel SDort
Chapter 4 Bald Is Beautiful
Chapter 5 NO Luck with Wlomen
Chapter 6 A Taste of Parenthood(Word Parts)
Unit One Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit One Tests
UNIT TWO
Unit TwO Pretest
Chapter 7 Accident and Recovery
Chapter 8 Animal Senses
Chapter 9 Money Problems
Chapter 10 The New French Employee
Chapter 11 A Cruel Teacher
Chapter 12 It’S NeverToo Late(Word Parts)
Unit TwO Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit TwO Tests
UNIT THREE
Unit Three Pretest
Chapter 13 Learning to Study
Chapter 14 The Mad Monk
Chapter 15 Conflict Over Holidays
Chapter 16 Dr．Martin Luther King，Jr．
Chapter 17 Relating to Parents
Chapter 18 Held Back by Fears(Word Parts)
Unit Three Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Three Tests
UNIT FOUR
Unit Four Pretest
Chapter 19 Interview with a Rude Star
Chapter 20 The Nightmare of Gym
Chapter 21 Skipping Church
Chapter 22 A Model Teacher
Chapter 23 My Talented Roommate
Chapter 24 Fascinating Courses(Word Parts)
Unit Four Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Four Tests
UNIT FIVE
Unit Five Pretest
Chapter 25 Cal and His Sisters
Chapter 26 Shoplifter
Chapter 27 A Nutty Newspaper Office
Chapter 28 Roughing It
Chapter 29 Getting Scared
Chapter 30 MY Sister’S Date
Unit Five Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Five Tests
Posttest of the Whole Book
APPENDIXES
A AnswerKey
1．Answers to the Pretest of the Whole Book
2．Answers to the Unit Pretests
3．Answers to the Chapter Activities
4．Answers to the Unit Reviews and Tests
5．Answers to the Posttest of the Whole Book
B List ofWlords and W_ord Parts